There is no doubt that Bandcamp has been an incredible book to music in many ways. It is easy to make product available, and to do so with far less costs than are associated with physical releases. It is also possible to allow people to play the tracks first before they purchase either a download or even a physical release. The downside is that there is also a lot of real rubbish out there that would never have been released by a record company, guess where this 2009 album belongs? What’s frustrating is that there are some interesting ideas contained within this album, that they then destroy. Musically, I would describe this is math rock lite, with some emo overtones. There are some interesting guitar motifs, albeit often repeated too frequently, while the bass could do with being higher in the mix and the drums given more punch.
What spoils this are the vocals. Firstly, there is a main melodic singer whose voice is quite twee and weak, which gives this music much more of a pop edge, and then there is another who feels that punk is the way to go and has a much more hardcore approach but without the venom. This means that all he does is sound like an off-key raw-throated menace, who should never have been allowed near a studio. I can’t believe I’ve written so many words about something I’m never going to listen to again in my life…
